Elevating grader



s. J. FRY ET AL April 8 ELEVATING GRADER Filed Aug. 16, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Apri 82, 1924. Y L489-,997

s. J. FRY ET An.

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SYLVESTER J'. FRY AND HARRY D. CLINE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

ELEVATING GRADER.

Application Ied August 16, 1921. Serial No. 492,687.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, Srnvnsrnn J. FRY and HARRY D. CLiNn, citizens of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Elevating Grader, of which the following is a specification.

lt is the object of this invention to provide a simple but efficient mechanism whereby dirtV may be scraped up, carried upwardly and rearwardly, and discharged laterally with respect to a vehicle.

lt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lV ith the alcove vand lother objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, Within the scope of what yis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be Vmade without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is side elevation; Figure 3 is a rear elevation; Figure 4 is a fragmental top plan yshowing' a modification; and Figure 5 is a side elevation of the structure delineated in Figure 4.`

ln carrying out the invention, there is provided a vehicle, including a main frame, comprising side bars 1 carrying a rear axle 2 on which ground wheels 3 are journaled. The forward ends of the side bars 1 are connected by a head piece 4, wherein a king bolt 5 is mounted, bolster 6 being mounted to swing on the king bolt, the bolster carryying an axle 7 provided with ground wheels -8. A tongue!) projects forwardly from the lbolsterl G and is sustained from the bolster 6 by arms 10.

rlhe rear end of the main frame carries an auxiliary frame, including forward standards 11 rand rear standards 12. Bearings 14 are mounted on the standards 11, adjacent to the upper ends thereof. A shaft y15 isjjournaled for Vrotation in the bearings 14 and carries a sprocket Wheel 16 connected by a sprocketchain 17 to a sprocket wheel 18 on the shaft 19 of an'engine 20 carried by a platform 21 extended between the side ward end of the chute 22 carries a scraper 23. Standards 24 are erected on the side bars' 1 of the main frame. A shaft 25 is journaled in the standards 24 and is controlled by a hand wheel 26. The hand wheel 26 is accessible from a platform 27 extended between the side barsl. A flexible element 23"is wound about the shaft 25,`the lower end of the flexible element`28 being connected to the forward end of the first chute 22.

A hanger 30 is attached to onel of the side bars 1. The numeral 31 denotesa beam, adjustably pivoted on the hanger 30 as indicated at 101. A plow -32 is carried by the rear end of the beam 31, and the mold board ofthe plow 32 is so set as to discharge upon the scraper 23, and, consequently, into the chute 22. A shaft 33 is journaled in a bearing 102 mounted on one of the side bars 1, the shaft 33 being under the control of a hand wheel 34. A flexible element 35 is wound about the shaft 33, the lower end of the flexible element being attached to the plow beam 31.

The chute 22 is traversed by an endless belt conveyor 36, driven from the shaft 15 and supported on rollers 103 carried by the chute. A shaft 37 is journaled in bearings 38 mounted on the standards 11 and 12 adjacent to the lower ends thereof. At its in-V laterally and upwardly, as shown to best advantage in VFigure 3. A crotch line 44 is connected tothe second chute 43, the crotch line44 being connected to a flexible element 45 rove across a sheave 46 supported on the auxiliary frame. The flexible element 45 iswound around a drum 47 on a shaft 48 'under *the controlA of a hand wheel 49, the

shafty 48 being iournaled on the standards 44. The second lchute 43 ris traversed by an endless belt conveyor 50, mounted on the shaft 37 and mounted on a shaft 51 journaled in the upper or outer end of the second chute 4:3. the shaft 51, sprocket wheel .53 being mounted on t-lie shaft 37. A sprocket chain 54 forms an operative connection between the sprocket wheels 52 and 53.

In practical opera-tion, the plow 32 may be raised and lowered by manipulating the hand wheel 34. Similarly, the forward end of vt-lie first .chute 22 may be raised and lowered by manipulating the hand wheel 26. The outer end of rthe second chute 48 may be raised and lowered .through the instrumentality of, the hand wheel 49. From the engine 20', motion is transmitted to the shaft l5 by the sprocket chain 17. The sha-ft'l2 drives lt-lie conveyor 36. From the engine 20, motion is transmitted by the shaft 4l and the chain and sprocket connection 39u40, to the lateral .conveyor .50.

Dirt loosened by the plow 32 is cast onto the scraper .23 and into the chute 22. The dirt is picked .up and elevated by the conveyor 86 and is .deposited bythe conveyor 86 on the laterally extendedk and upwardly inclined conveyor v50, the dirtthus being ,con- -veyed to one side ,of the machine.

In the modification shown in Figure 4 ofthe drawings, the side bars of the main frame appearvat 5,5, the chute being shown at y56, and the scraper at 57. yl-laiigers 58 depend from the side bars 55. Links 59 are adj ustably .and pivotally connected .with the hangers 58, as shown at 60. The rear ends of the links l59 are connected kto a cross barlcarrying a scraper 62. Shafts 63 are held for rotation, but against longitudinal movement, as indicated at onthe sidebars y55. .The upper ends of the .shafts 6 3 are provided `with hand wheels 6G. The lower `ends of the shafts 63 Aare threaded into bearings 64 carriedby thebai 6l. Obviously, by rotating the shaftsv, the Vbar 6l, and consequently the scraper 62 may -be raised land lowered, as occasion may demand, the

links 59 swinging' upwardly or downwardly oiitheir pivotal mountings GO. The modilication shown in vFigures 4f and 5 consist,

essentially, in replacing the plow 32 of Figure l by the scraper 62 of Figure/5.

Although it has been pointed out that the device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to handle dirt, it ,will

Vbe understood that it will be found useful ythe ymain frame, ar downwardly and forward- There is a sprocket wheel 52 onV ly inclined first conveyor extended longitudinally of the main frame and pivoted at its rear end to the auxiliary frame at a point .adjacent to the upper end of the auxiliary frame, a lateral conveyor pivoted to one side ofthe main frame at a point adjacent to the lower end of the auxiliary frame and Yextended through the auxiliary frame to a point beyond the opposite side of the auxiliary yframe, the first conveyor discharging upon the second conveyor intermediate the ends of the second conveyor, a vertically adjustable soileiigagingmember carried by the main fianie Vand discharging laterally toward ,the forward end of the first conveyor, a standard on the main frame and. disposed adjacent to the forward end of the first conveyor, shafts jouinaled on the standard, flexible elements connected to `the respective shafts, and connected to the conveyors, `means on the auxiliary frame for guiding the intermediate yportion of the flex ible element which is connected *toA the sec-v ond conveyor, and means .for raising and ,a lower shaft journaled on the lower poration of the auxiliary frame and extended longitudinally of the main frame, a second conveyor extended transversely of the main frame and receiving material from the first conveyor, the second conveyor being driven from the upper shaft, means for carrying the second conveyor, said means being pivotally mountedonthe lower shaft, an en .gine on the main fraineand located beneath vthe first conveyor, means for driving the upper shaft directly from the engine, a third shaft extended longitudinally of the main .frame and driven by .the engine, and a 'drivling connection between the third shaft and the lower shaft, and means for yraising and lowering 4the outer endsof the conveyors.

4In testimony that we claim the foregoing y as our own, Vweihave hereto aliixedour signatures inthe presence of two witnesses.

i SYLVEST'ER J. FRY.

A HARRY D. CLNE.

`Witnesses:

THOMAS HART, A. CLARK. 

